About Outpace Personal Training
Dan O'Donnell - Managing Director
Dan O'Donnell started Outpace Personal Training after many years combining elite level training with a busy career working as a professional advisor to owners of some of Australia's top-performing small to medium businesses.
He gave up this promising career to follow his love of fitness and his passion for guiding and motivating others on how to enjoy their lives more by increasing their fitness levels.
Dan says, "To achieve great results when you have limited time requires smart training first, and it requires support. Top performers in every field almost always have a coach so if the average person wants to get the best from their fitness then they need a coach too. As a trainer, there is great satisfaction in seeing a client achieve what they want and knowing that you had a role in that. No matter what level a client starts at, it is great to see them improve and become more confident as they get control of their fitness."
Rather than being a personal trainer who preaches but doesn't practice what they say, Dan lives with fitness as a core part of his life. His achievements include:
- Ranked as high as 5 in Australia for track running (3000m Steeplechase)
- Selected for the Australian Age group Duathlon Team.
- Becoming the first Queenslander to umpire an AFL Wizard Cup Grand Final when he officiated Carlton vs West Coast in 2005.
He has also experienced first hand the challenge of getting your fitness back when he started from scratch after overcoming a bout of glandular fever that resulted in him not training for two years.
Dan currently runs competitively in middle distance events and is an AFL Boundary Umpire at the highest level of the game.
Dan Atkins - Outpace Running & One on One Triathlon Coach
Dan Atkins’s knowledge of running and coaching has been acquired through many years of training & competing in Triathlon.
He has won 16 state age-group triathlon titles and represented Australia four times in age group competition, with a highest placed finish of twelfth in the world.
Like all of our coaches / trainers he has experienced in practice what he will be advising you to do so he can set realistic progressions for you based on your level of fitness.
Dan coaches all levels of athletes from juniors through to veterans and
holds Level 1 coaching qualifications in both Triathlon and Swimming.
